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What is the rubber square button between the license plate lights for?
I saw a rectangular rubber button between the license plate light lenses. When I pressed the button I heard a clicking noise under the car. What is this button for? Thanks
I saw a rectangular rubber button between the license plate light lenses. When I pressed the button I heard a clicking noise under the car. What is this button for? Thanks
I see BEZ answered your question, so I'll address how us old guys can be overwhelmed with the new technology in a C7 coming out of a C2. I purchased my C7 in Oct 2017, I had my son drive it home (700 miles) and since then I have about 300 miles of driving because of winter weather. Today was a nice winter day so I finally had a chance to get in the car to explore and drive with the Navigation system. The reason I bring this up is because this coming Tuesday, I leave on an extended cross country trip and I wanted to feel comfortable with the "Infotainment System". If you haven't explored that system with Navigation thoroughly, hang onto your hat! You want to find a clean restroom to take a chit, it will direct you. Do you want to know the weather while traveling along your 600 mile daily trip? It will advise you.
The trunk release button is a piece of cake, I had that on my 2014 Impala. The only thing the C7 won't do is comb your hair (if any) and brush your teeth.
C2's rule.
Fortunately, I rode with a friend for thousands of miles on road trips and learned the Infotainment system that way (lots of reading the manual while riding). All I had to learn when I got my GS was the steering wheel controls.
When I first transitioned from the C6 to the C7, I spent a couple of weeks walking around with the owner's manual always with me, and read it a couple of times from cover to cover. Took a bit of heat from the wife and a few friends, but I got the answers to a lot of frequently-asked (and some not so frequently-asked) questions. More than a few trips out to the garage as I progressed from chapter to chapter, but after a while things became a lot easier and more intuitive. The manual is your friend, folks. No, it doesn't answer everything - but not to have read it at all is a huge mistake. Give it a try - I can almost guarantee you'll learn something about your C7 that you didn't know.
Yeah, went through both the DC-9 and A-320 training programs. It's quite a transition to make.
I can imagine some would be more intimidated by your pic than the one before it.
I work for an airport design/consulting firm after basically growing up in airports with my father now retired from the original Piedmont Airlines. Our company has several Barons and our upper management being aviation geeks, too, believe in keeping up with all the latest avionics on them. Recently got to ride co-pilot seat on a flight and, while obviously not on the level your picture, I was fascinated by all the modern displays. Cool ride home!
True that, some of the old school guys couldn't make it through the automated aircraft training programs, but most of them have retired.
There is a very good reason there are almost no fatal commercial crashes these days, and we haven't had one in the US since 2009. Today's technology is getting close to not allowing an aircraft to crash, unless the a pilot is trying to commit suicide and turns everything off.
I see BEZ answered your question, so I'll address how us old guys can be overwhelmed with the new technology in a C7 coming out of a C2. I purchased my C7 in Oct 2017, I had my son drive it home (700 miles) and since then I have about 300 miles of driving because of winter weather. Today was a nice winter day so I finally had a chance to get in the car to explore and drive with the Navigation system. The reason I bring this up is because this coming Tuesday, I leave on an extended cross country trip and I wanted to feel comfortable with the "Infotainment System". If you haven't explored that system with Navigation thoroughly, hang onto your hat! You want to find a clean restroom to take a chit, it will direct you. Do you want to know the weather while traveling along your 600 mile daily trip? It will advise you.
The trunk release button is a piece of cake, I had that on my 2014 Impala. The only thing the C7 won't do is comb your hair (if any) and brush your teeth.
C2's rule.
Still love my C1 & C2 Rick. Every time I think about selling them, I drive them and that thought goes away! Would have figured out the trunk button except the trunk was open when I discovered the button. Wanted to make sure it wasn't a "beem me up" button or something
When I first transitioned from the C6 to the C7, I spent a couple of weeks walking around with the owner's manual always with me, and read it a couple of times from cover to cover. Took a bit of heat from the wife and a few friends, but I got the answers to a lot of frequently-asked (and some not so frequently-asked) questions. More than a few trips out to the garage as I progressed from chapter to chapter, but after a while things became a lot easier and more intuitive. The manual is your friend, folks. No, it doesn't answer everything - but not to have read it at all is a huge mistake. Give it a try - I can almost guarantee you'll learn something about your C7 that you didn't know.
i download and read the manual from cover to cover several times before i take delivery. At delivery i had the salesman go through the buttons,switches and features with my wife as she NEVER reads manuals and expects me to answer all her questions in real time. I think I've spoiled her big time.
i download and read the manual from cover to cover several times before i take delivery. At delivery i had the salesman go through the buttons,switches and features with my wife as she NEVER reads manuals and expects me to answer all her questions in real time. I think I've spoiled her big time.
That reminds me of the time I was in the waiting room while getting an oil change, and a Silverado owner came in and starts asking questions about his cooled/heated seats during remote start. He couldn't get either to work, and he had the dealer print out the pertinent pages from his OM
Turns out the dealer was no help, but I told him to make sure only ONE option was enabled in his settings, and that worked. I asked him why he didn't read the OM, and he said It's easier to come here (the dealer) and they will tell him. I then asked him what he would have done if I wasn't sitting there, and he said there's always someone who knows.
...went through both the DC-9 and A-320 training programs. It's quite a transition to make...
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...some of the old school guys couldn't make it through the automated aircraft training program...
Well...after flying as First Officer on high-tech computerized stuff like the A-310, 757, 767, first opportunity to upgrade to Capt was on old steam gauge 737-200 and then 727. I loved the airplanes and had flown them years before as engineer or right seat, but going backwards in technology was in many ways harder than the initial transition to the computerized aircraft.
Oooohhh - I really miss it!!! But the Vette makes up for a lot - it goes almost twice as fast as the old Hueys I flew in Vietnam!!!
01-26-2018, 09:37 PM
What is the rubber square button between the license plate lights for?
You want to find a clean restroom to take a chit, it will direct you. Do you want to know the weather while traveling along your 600 mile daily trip? It will advise you.
